Norman Ravitch *62

6 Years Ago

Populism is democracy...

Populism is democracy without restraints. It leads inevitably to dictatorship. The people are not able to rule themselves. Democracy works only when people elect elites with knowledge and intelligence. Read Greek history; Athens fell because its aristocratic democracy gave way to populist democracy.

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